The new shop

Today my contractor started digging the excavation for the footings of my new woodworking shop. The new addition will be added onto my old garage giving me a total area of 2100 square feet. I am really excited its been quite a few years on my mind. It should be finished by September. The contractor is doing the foundation, framing, roof system, siding, soffits, facia, installing two garage doors, two man doors and two windows, he is also pouring and finishing the slab inside. All I have to do is the wiring, insulating, vapour barrier and whatever I decide to put on the inside walls. Not to sure if I should drywall them or use 1/2” OSB and paint it white.

How exciting. I have finally reached that stage where I am purchasing a building for my shop/studio.. I am in the city, so constructing a building is impossible. I am jealous to make a studio from scratch. Congrats, have fun, and don’t forget to post as you build. :)

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normally 7/16” OSB goes for around $7.50 a sheet herebut in the tornado/hurricane seasoncan go as high as $18 – $20 a sheet(seems during the building season too)

i just built a 40’ x 12’ shop wall and had to pay $16 apiece for 15 sheets ($240)

(i looked everywhere on the net first)which stopped me cold to continues more walls(one more 40’ and two 30’)i will see if maybe it goes down during the winter monthsas it seems to thenso if not then sheet rock will have to do for the interior and french cleats in rows around the upper walls(something learned here on LJ’s)so i can have movable cabs and tool shelves there as the shop configuration changes over time

my advise is to buy it by the bundlewhen you get a decent price and just tarp it till needed

when the iraq war started the price jumped to $20 a sheetand the manufacturers were storing millions of BD FT of it waiting for the govt’ to buy it for the (never did happen) ‘rebuilding’ therethey were all threatened to be taken to court for itand lowered the priceit came back to $7.50 a sheetand i and all the contractors were in lowes getting all we could affordtrailers everywhere in the parking lotwaiting to be loaded with forklifts that day

when i have the money nowi buy ahead even if i don’t need it right away when the prices goes down again

-- david - only thru kindness can this world be whole . If we don't succeed we run the risk of failure. Dan Quayle

as for the interior – I would go with whatever is cheaper. while OSB is easier to mount things on, you can always put french cleats on drywall and have more than enough holding power for heavier stuff like David also mentioned.